Neil Young has debuted the new song `Just Singing A Song Won`t Change The World` on his current European tour.
Young first mentioned the song on the Letterman show last month.“Can you make as big a change with your songs and lyrics,” Letterman asked.
“I don’t think so,” Neil responded. “I’ve got a song I’m working on now. It`s called ‘Just Singing A Song Won`t Change The World`”.
At first the audience laughed, then applauded.
“You never know, it could work,” added band leader Paul Schaffer.
“But you keep trying,” Neil said.
Young developed the song while working on the Linc Volt project, an innovation to turn gas-guzzling “yank tanks’ into fuel efficient vehicles using hybrid technologies.
In a recent interview on Linc Volt Young said, "You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs. But you can't change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something. But you can't change the world by writing songs. But we could change it with this car."
Young debuted the song in Helsinki on August 7 and he has played the song a number of times since on the European tour.
At this stage, it is unknown if he has plans to release it on his next album.
